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Operational References (under context hst_0962.pmap)

acs

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atodtab ---- Analog To Digital Lookup Table

biasfile ---- Bias Frame

bpixtab ---- Data Quality (Bad Pixel) Initialization Table

ccdtab ---- Ccd Parameters Table

cfltfile ---- Coronagraphic Spot Flat Image

crrejtab ---- Cosmic Ray Rejection Parameter Table

d2imfile ---- Column Correction File

darkfile ---- Dark Frame

dgeofile ---- Geometric Distortion Correction File

drkcfile ---- Cte Corrected Dark

flshfile ---- Post-flash Image

idctab ---- Image Distortion Correction File

imphttab ---- Photometry Keyword Table

mdriztab ---- Multidrizzle Parameter Table

mlintab ---- Mama Linearity Table

npolfile ---- Non-polynomial Offset

oscntab ---- Overscan Region Table

pctetab ---- Pixel CTE Correction Table

pfltfile ---- Pixel To Pixel Flat Field Image

satufile ---- Full-Well Saturation Level Map

shadfile ---- Shutter Shading Correction Image

snkcfile ---- Sink Pixel Correction Image

spottab ---- Spot Position Table

cos

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badttab ---- Bad Time Interval Table

bpixtab ---- Data Quality (Bad Pixel) Initialization Table

brftab ---- Baseline Reference Frame Table

brsttab ---- Burst Parameters Table

deadtab ---- Deadtime Reference Table

dgeofile ---- Geometric Distortion Correction File

disptab ---- Dispersion Relation Table

flatfile ---- Flat Field

fluxtab ---- Sensitivity Reference Files

geofile ---- Geometric Distortion Correction

gsagtab ---- Gain Sag Reference Table

hvtab ---- High Voltage Reference Table

lamptab ---- Template Calibration Lamp Spectra Table

phatab ---- Pulse Height Parameters Table

proftab ---- 2D Spectrum Profile Table

spottab ---- Spot Position Table

spwcstab ---- Spectroscopic WCS Parameters Table

tdstab ---- Time Dependent Sensitivity Table

tracetab ---- 1D Spectral Trace Table

twozxtab ---- Two-Zone Spectral Extraction Parameters Table

wcptab ---- Wavecal Parameters Reference Table

xtractab ---- 1-d Extraction Parameters Table

xwlkfile ---- X Walk Correction Lookup Reference Image

ywlkfile ---- Y Walk Correction Lookup Reference Image

nicmos

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darkfile ---- Dark Frame

flatfile ---- Flat Field

idctab ---- Image Distortion Correction File

illmfile ---- Illumination Pattern File

maskfile ---- Static Mask File

nlinfile ---- Detector Linearity Correction File

noisfile ---- Detector Read-noise File

pedsbtab ---- pedsbtab

phottab ---- Phototmetric Calibration Table

pmodfile ---- Persistence Model Files

pmskfile ---- Persistence Mask Files

rnlcortb ---- Nonlinearity Power Law Table

saacntab ---- SAACLEAN Task Parameters

saadfile ---- Post Saa Dark Assoc.

tdffile ---- Temperature Dependent Flat Fields

tempfile ---- Temperature-dependent Dark Reference File

zprattab ---- Nonlincor Zeropoint Scaling Table

stis

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apdestab ---- Aperture Description Table

apertab ---- Aperture Throughput Table

biasfile ---- Bias Frame

bpixtab ---- Data Quality (Bad Pixel) Initialization Table

ccdtab ---- Ccd Parameters Table

cdstab ---- Cross-disperser Scattering Table

crrejtab ---- Cosmic Ray Rejection Parameter Table

darkfile ---- Dark Frame

disptab ---- Dispersion Relation Table

echsctab ---- Echelle Scattering Table

exstab ---- Echelle Cross-Dispersion Scattering Table

gactab ---- Grating-Aperture Correction Table

halotab ---- Detectore Halo Table

idctab ---- Image Distortion Correction File

imphttab ---- Photometry Keyword Table

inangtab ---- Incidence Angle Correction Table

lamptab ---- Template Calibration Lamp Spectra Table

lfltfile ---- Low-order Flat Field Image

mlintab ---- Mama Linearity Table

mofftab ---- Mama Offset Correction Table

pctab ---- Photometric Correction Table

pfltfile ---- Pixel To Pixel Flat Field Image

phottab ---- Phototmetric Calibration Table

riptab ---- Echelle Ripple Table

sdctab ---- 2-d Spectrum Distortion Corrections

sptrctab ---- 1-d Spectrum Trace Table

srwtab ---- Scattering Reference Wavelength Table

tdctab ---- Nuv Dark Correction Table

tdstab ---- Time Dependent Sensitivity Table

teltab ---- Telescope Point Spread Function Table

wcptab ---- Wavecal Parameters Reference Table

xtractab ---- 1-d Extraction Parameters Table

synphot

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obsmodes ---- Observing Modes Table

thermal ---- Component Thermal Tables

thruput ---- Component Throughput Tables

tmctab ---- Master Component Lookup Table

tmgtab ---- Graph Table

tmttab ---- Thermal Component Lookup Table

wfc3

hst_wfc3_0524.imap      Toggle N/A


atodtab ---- Analog To Digital Lookup Table

biacfile ---- CTE Bias Frame

biasfile ---- Bias Frame

bpixtab ---- Data Quality (Bad Pixel) Initialization Table

ccdtab ---- Ccd Parameters Table

crrejtab ---- Cosmic Ray Rejection Parameter Table

d2imfile ---- Column Correction File

darkfile ---- Dark Frame

dfltfile ---- Delta Flat Field Image

drkcfile ---- Cte Corrected Dark

flshfile ---- Post-flash Image

idctab ---- Image Distortion Correction File

imphttab ---- Photometry Keyword Table

mdriztab ---- Multidrizzle Parameter Table

nlinfile ---- Detector Linearity Correction File

npolfile ---- Non-polynomial Offset

oscntab ---- Overscan Region Table

pctetab ---- Pixel CTE Correction Table

pfltfile ---- Pixel To Pixel Flat Field Image

snkcfile ---- Sink Pixel Correction Image

wfpc2

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atodfile ---- Analog To Digital Converter Lookup Table

biasfile ---- Bias Frame

darkfile ---- Dark Frame

dgeofile ---- Geometric Distortion Correction File

flatfile ---- Flat Field

idctab ---- Image Distortion Correction File

maskfile ---- Static Mask File

offtab ---- Inter-chip Offsets Table

shadfile ---- Shutter Shading Correction Image

wf4tfile ---- WF4 Correction Table


Context History (more history, all contexts)

Start Date Context Status Description
2021-10-26 hst_0962.pmap operational The default THROUGHPUT column in the files has been updated to the evaluation date for ETC 30.1, MJD 60035. These files will ensure that pysynphot calculations with no MJD specified will match results from ETC 30.1.
2021-10-18 hst_0961.pmap archived Intrinsic excess thermal energy trapped in the silicon lattice of the WFC3 UVIS detector, known as dark current, is typically removed from science observations using UVIS dark calibration reference files. This dark current can be used as a means to characterize a pixels behavior and determine whether the pixel varies excessively over time compared to its expected noise. We use a novel data structure known as a pixel history image to efficiently evaluate each WFC3 UVIS pixel over time. We find that the vast majority of hot pixels, about 8 percent of the detector in 2021, are in fact quite stable and as such, can be calibrated. A small portion of pixels, less than 1.5 percent, are genuinely unstable and should not be used. To encode this distinction in the UVIS bad pixel reference files, we employ a data quality flag, 32, to mark the unstable pixels identified in this study. Hot pixels continue to be assigned the usual data quality flag, 16. With the additional data quality flag, WFC3 UVIS users will have enhanced control over which pixels to include or exclude during their analyses. This new bad pixel table was generated using data taken from September 9th, 2021 through October 5th, 2021. Currently, the Calibration Reference Data System only has WFC3 UVIS bad pixel reference tables up to a USEAFTER date of August 11th, 2021. The automated pipeline should now use these reference files as the bad pixel table on any UVIS datasets obtained between the dates above, or beyond because they represent the most accurate measure of pixel stability at the time of the science observation. These WFC3 UVIS bpx files were generated using 900 second dark exposures from the HST Cycle 28 daily monitoring programs 16414 and 16396. More information about the UVIS bad pixel tables is outlined in the WFC3 ISR 2018.15 and WFC3 ISR 2021.14.
2021-10-14 hst_0960.pmap archived The ACS WFC bias, dark, CTE dark, and sink files were generated following the ACS WFC anneal on Oct 11, 2021, and should be used to calibrate ACS WFC observations taken between Sep 13, 2021 and Oct 11, 2021.
2021-10-14 hst_0959.pmap archived The COS FUV Throughput files for G130M cenwaves 1291, 1300, 1309, 1318, 1327 AND G140L cenwave 800 will be at LP5 and LP3, respectively in Cycle 29. The throughput files are being delivered for these cenwave modes ahead of ETC 30.1 .